Yr.no vs HRTMeteo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Yr.no
Experience weather forecasting like never before with animated skies and detailed hourly breakdowns. Get immediate rainfall alerts and explore air pollution, pollen, and UV forecasts. This app provides comprehensive weather information for your daily planning.
- Animated hourly weather visualization
- Now-cast rainfall alerts (90 minutes)
- Detailed day-by-day and hour-by-hour forecasts
- Graph view for forecast details
- Air pollution, pollen, and UV forecasts
- Latest weather observations
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New Yr on iPhone and iPad is different from anything else you’ve seen in weather forecasting: Scroll through a beautiful and animated sky to see how the weather changes hourly, and get all the need-to-know details at the same time. And if there will be rainfall within the next 90 minutes we'll let you know through our now-cast. The weather visualization makes it a fun experience to check the weather – even when it’s raining! Check details day by day and hour by hour in the long-term forecast, or study the details in the graph. Under "Around you" you get an overview of air pollution, pollen spread and UV forecast, as well as the latest weather observations in your area. Forecasts are delivered by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute. ABOUT US: Yr is a weather service jointly produced by NRK and the Norwegian Meteorological Institute. Our primary goals are to secure life and property, while delivering useful and accurate weather forecasts to our users, preparing them for all kinds of weather. This year we are celebrating our ten-year anniversary, and with millions of users every day we are proud of being one of the most popular weather services in the world.
HRTMeteo
This app provides detailed weather information from official meteorological stations, including radar imagery, expert forecasts, and hourly calculations for wind, waves, air quality, and pollen. It offers personalized settings and biometeorological data, catering to various professions and individuals.
- Official meteorological station data
- Hourly forecasts with wind and wave calculations
- Air quality and pollen concentration data
- Expert subjective forecasts and warnings
- Biometeorological information
- Personalization options
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Novi HRT METEO - vrijeme prilagodimo sebi, a sebe vremenu Jedinstvena aplikacija koja omogućuje, kao i do sada, praćenje mjerenja i motrenja sa službenih meteoroloških postaja prema standardima Svjetske meteorološke organizacije, radarske slike oborine, subjektivne prognoze i upozorenja meteorologa, te po novome - i računalne izračune po satima, uključujući i izračune smjera i brzine vjetra te visine valova, kao i izmjerene i prognozirane vrijednosti peludnih alergena te podatke o kvaliteti zraka i temperaturi tla na različitim dubinama. Novi izgled, prognoza po satima, brže do radara Podatci o kvaliteti zraka i koncentraciji peluda Izmjerene i prognozirane vrijednosti koncentracije peluda Nastavnog zavoda za javno zdravstveno „dr. Andrija Štampar“ i plivazdravlje.hr, kao i ocjene podataka tih mjerenja i djelovanja na alergične osobe – i to na hrvatskom i engleskom jeziku. Pomoć za poljoprivrednike, ribare, nautičare Mogućnost personalizacije I dalje najbrža spoznaja upozorenja Biometeorološka prognoza i informacije o Suncu i Mjesecu Prognoza s dušom – Drukčija prognoza od ostalih koje se nude na tržištu – subjektivna je procjena stručnjaka DHMZ-a, koja je prije postojanja HRT METEO bila dostupna samo na regionalnim postajama Hrvatskoga radija te u redovnim emisijama i prilozima s meteorološkim sadržajem na programima Hrvatske televizije.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HRTMeteo at 5.0 against Yr.no's 4.3. Yr.no's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (204 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
HRTMeteo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Yr.no has 204 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 61% of Yr.no's written reviews are positive against 40% of HRTMeteo's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Yr.no ships an update fortnightly, HRTMeteo every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Yr.no | HRTMeteo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (204 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.7% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 204 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Best chart rank | #93 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 129 MB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NRK | HRT |
Customer experience
Yr.no
HRTMeteo
Bugs and requests
Yr.no
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes on iOS 11 and newer
- Location tracking issues
- Widget not working as expected
- Inability to delete or reorder saved locations
Requested features
5 requests- Add humidity data
- Provide offline caching of weather data
- Implement Apple Watch support
- Allow changing between Celsius and Fahrenheit
- Bring back previous graph/chart layouts
HRTMeteo
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Yr.no
No in-app purchases
HRTMeteo
No in-app purchases
